Desert Strike Advance

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Check out the first screens and video of the classic Genesis title coming to the Game Boy Advance this May.

By Craig Harris

Ah yes...anyone who had a Genesis ten years ago has to remember Desert Strike, an action game from Electronic Arts that put players in the cockpit of an Apache helicopter. This game eventually made its way to the Super NES, Game Gear, Atari Lynx...even the classic black-and-white Game Boy. Electronic Arts is bringing the series back for another spin on the Game Boy Advance as Desert Strike Advance.

Features

Four levels

27 missions

Only for Game Boy Advance

Electronic Arts has taken all the art assets and gameplay of the Genesis version of Desert Strike and smooshed them all to fit on the Game Boy Advance. The Genesis game was released around the time of the Gulf War, and mirrors some of the happenings of Desert Storm. So your task is to stop a "madman" from starting World War III; you'll have to fly through more than 27 missions over desert, sea, and city terrain, blowing up enemy camps, fortresses, and vehicles.

Allies have been lost out there as well, so you'll have to rescue these hostages, flying them back to base before you run out of gas or worse: take too much enemy fire during the action. There are canisters of fuel to keep your chopper going, as well as ammo crates to give your helicopter a fighting chance out in the battlefield. You'll be able to pick up machine gun, heavy missiles and hydra missiles that'll blow up those desert enemies real good.

Electronic Arts plans on shipping Desert Strike Advance to stores in mid-May...make sure you click on the link below to see the game in action through screenshots and video clips. Who knows -- if this game does well for the GBA, maybe we'll see the sequels that shipped after the original, like Jungle Strike and Nuclear Strike